Posted by
C. L. Palmer on Monday, May 25, 2009 7:32:48 PM
Okay, what's Obama's time limit when it comes to blaming things on the Bush administration? How long does he get to pass the buck? He's spent over nine trillion dollars of our money, ended any form of interrogation more forceful than asking "pretty please," and kissed up to dictators and terrorists around the world. When the natural consequences of these actions come to pass (and rest assured that they will), will he get to blame them on Bush?
I say, anything that happens after year one is all Obama's. The reason I'm giving for this time limit is simply to avoid hypocrisy. We all realize that 9-11 happened largely due to Clinton's emasculation of our intelligence-gathering network and his refusal to act against Al-Qaida, even when offered Bin Laden on a silver platter. 9-11 happened less than nine months into Bush's first term, so I'll be generous and give Obama an extra three months of Bush-bashing. One year; that ought to be enough. Now, I realize that the MSM will allow him to get away with it for as long as he likes. Odds are, he'll be blaming the failures of his policies on Bush well into term two, if (God forbid) he gets one. Still, even as jaded as I am about the intellectual capacity of people these days, I have faith that America will see through the BS and hold Obama responsible when the bill comes due for his insane policies.
Psychologically, it makes sense for Obama to pass the blame, especially to George W. Bush, a white guy. You can't go to Jeremiah Wright's church for twenty-plus years and not absorb that tendency into your psyche to at least some degree. The reason people listen to the Wrights, Sharptons, and Jesse Jacksons of the world is precisely because they have failed to accept personal responsibility for their own circumstances. Obama is part of this mindset, make no mistake about it. Nothing that goes wrong during his administration will be his fault, because he is a victim- of racism, of Bush, of the media, etcetera ad nauseum. The fact that he's simply playing out of the same old, dog-eared liberal playbook won't matter, even though those tactics have all been proven failures time and again. Somehow, it will be Bush's fault.
But I, for one, won't be buying it.